With Bristol Rugby likely to be back at the top table of European rugby next season, playing in the Aviva Premiership and European Challenge Cup, we take a look at all the transfer news and rumours at the clubs they could be playing next season.

Despite Wasps flanker James Haskell putting his cards on the table and publicly saying he wants to stay in the Aviva Premiership so he can chase an England recall and a place at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, the latest rumours suggest he could be heading to France.

On the rumours section of The Rugby Pod this week, Andy Goode - who is well connected at Wasps, said Haskell could be on his way to Top 14 side Bordeaux Begles.

The 32-year-old has 75 caps for England and was reported to be on the radars of Worcester Warriors and Northampton Saints - but Goode says he is searching for a salary of £300,000 a season which the English clubs are not keen to meet.

Haskell has already played in the Top 14, turning out for Stade Francais between 2009 and 2011.

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Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons has confirmed his coaching set-up for the 2018/19 season.

Solomons has brought in Rory Duncan from Toyota Cheetahs and former Ulster Rugby coach Neil Doak to join Omar Mouneimne and Mefin Davies as part of Warriors’ five-man coaching team.

Duncan will be joining Warriors as head coach this summer after a season in the same role at the Cheetahs, where he has led his side to third position in the Pro 14 table after nine wins from their opening 17 games.

Doak, who will move to Warriors as attack and backs coach has spent more than two decades as a player and coach with Ulster - an association which saw a three-year spell as head coach.

Defence and kicking strategy coach Mouneimne started his role at Sixways in April last year and has played a significant part in making Warriors’ defence more resilient as the side have gone on to reduce their average tries and points conceded per match.

Meanwhile, Davies will become Warriors’ longest-serving coach in next season’s set-up as the club’s scrum and assistant forwards coach.

Worcester Warriors backs coach Sam Vesty

Former Tiger to become a Saints coach

Northampton Saints have confirmed Sam Vesty will make the switch to Franklin's Gardens from Worcester Warriors this summer as attack coach.

The former Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby utility back has been cutting his teeth at Sixways as a coach since retiring from playing in 2013 - progressing from Transition Coach to Backs Coach two years later.

And after proving his mettle at the very highest level as Skills Coach in Eddie Jones' England set-up for last summer's Tour of Argentina, the 36-year-old caught the eye of new Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd.